FirePro W5100 vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5100 and Radeon HD 4850 X2, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5100 stacks up against Radeon HD 4850 X2, check out specs charts below.
FirePro W5100
Radeon HD 4850 X2

Main Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
 
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 400% more power consumption, than FirePro W5100.
  • FirePro W5100 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 508 GB more memory, than FirePro W5100.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro W5100 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 305 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.
  • FirePro W5100 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 96 mm longer, than FirePro W5100.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5100 is 4010 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 9−10 2−3
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Radeon HD 4850 X2.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5100 Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale
Code name Bonaire R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 31 March 2014 7 November 2008
Pipelines 768 800
Core clock speed 930 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 25.00
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 171 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 6.3 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 163 Mh/s
Form factor full height / half length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +